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"the ability to locate, evaluate, and use information to become independent life-long learners" - Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Criteria for Accreditation. Sec 5.1.2. p. 55. 11th ed. Dec. 1997. http://www.sacscoc.org/SectV.htm
"the abilities to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use, and communicate information in its various formats" - State University of New York (SUNY) Council of Library Directors. Information Literacy Initiative. 30 Sept. 1997. http://www.sunyconnect.suny.edu/ili/final.htm
"a new liberal art that extends from knowing how to use computers and access information to critical reflection on the nature of information itself, its technical infrastructure, and its social, cultural and even philosophical context and impact" - Shapiro, Jeremy J. and Shelley K. Hughes. "Information Literacy as a Liberal Art". Educom Review. 3.2. Mar./Apr. 1996. http://www.educause.edu/pub/er/review/reviewarticles/31231.html
"the skills of information problem solving" - Wisconsin Educational Media Association. Position Statement on Information Literacy. 1993.
"the ability to find, evaluate, use, and communicate information in all of its various formats" - Work Group on Information Competence, Commission on Learning Resources and Instructional Technology (CLRIT), California State University (CSU) system. Information Competence in the CSU: A Report. Dec. 1995. http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/InfoComp/definition.html
"the fusing or the integration of library literacy, computer literacy, media literacy, technological literacy, ethics, critical thinking, and communication skills" - Work Group on Information Competence, Commission on Learning Resources and Instructional Technology (CLRIT), California State University (CSU) system. Information Competence in the CSU: A Report. Dec. 1995. http://www.csupomona.edu/~library/InfoComp/definition.html
"the ability to decode, analyze, evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms" - Trent Think Tank on Media Literacy (Ontario, Canada). 1989. http://digitalliteracy.mwg.org/studies.html
"the ability to use a computer and its software to accomplish practical tasks" - Webster's II New College Dictionary
"the regular use of a major microcomputer application, such as word processing" - The Instructional Technology Program and Its Curriculum, Instructional Technology, University of South Florida, Tampa
"the ability, through knowledge of the basic visual elements, to understand the meaning and components of the image" - The On-Line Visual Literacy Project. 14 Sept. 1998. http://www.pomona.edu/Academics/courserelated/classprojects/Visual-lit/intro/intro.html
"...the deliberate and intentional efforts of learners themselves, consciously planned, self-managed, and generally in proportion to their motivation, their ability and the opportunities available to them ... [that is] deliberate self-directed learning" - Candy, P.C. et al. 1994. Developing Lifelong Learners Through Undergraduate Education
"the achievement of both subject and information literacy objectives through exposure to and practise with diverse resources" - Stauffer Library, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. What is Resource-Based Learning?. 18 Feb. 1997.
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